ln March 1

go a job

with Mr. Saruel Walker. He was constructing a boose near the

Edificio

Coo:iesa

aro the C l l a p . l l t o ~ p e c park.

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Walker was old ar.:l crippled with arthr i t is

and needed saiEOne that

he cruld trust. \\hen th e house was fini,shed

he

kept

~ on as

his assistant.

He

had

a TUiber

of

fine

represent at ions fran th e US-one

was th e

Stetson Hat Co. He

was badly

off financially and aboot July 15th I

resigned.

* accepted a job as th e clerk of th e lm=ric.an

school Association.

My '-'Ork at th e school

was to

set all

of

th e clocks in th e IIDrnings before classes, then sell th e school supplies

to

th e

students, make ou t th e bi l l s fo r

their tuit ion and keep the accrunts;

1 rather enjoyed

th e ~ r k . I remained fo r 4 years. After

one year, I was allCM:!d to atte.'ld

one class

three

t.i.trEs a week in the High School. I chose English, then

Physics, and then

Solid Gec:m=try.

My

salary was about sixty dollars pe r rronth.

On 12/6/!911, Mr. Birge sold his business to Mrs. Norman King and Willie remai·-.ed 0:1

as manager.

~ · M y

slary at th e sc.'i-l()nl was lsi_ year

75

pesos, 2nd year

85 pesos, 3rd year

100 pesos;

4th year I 10 pesos per IIDnth.

I

have

a le t ter -...'Titten

by

my

ruther at M2xico City to Willie at OJernavaca stating

that Papa -....uuld

be

back fran G.Jerrero on Decarber lOth and that Elna a'"ld tossibly Francis 'I.O.Jld

be confirned.

My nnther, Harold, Elna, Fra'1cis and RobE-rt were Catholics.

'jt The lm?rican Schoo) at Mexico C i t y ' ~ :Jear was fran Septen:her to July of th e follo.-ci:--.g

year. I quit Saruel

Walker

_one m.:mth after school began in

1911 because the place had been

vacated by Raym::md Hall.

wring

the

inte!7!'issions for May a'ld June of 1912 and !913, I rer.ained

oo th e Am2r:ican School Pa:-· Roll to look af ter the schoo] property, I pres-Jte i t was to hold

!! € over until

th e

next scn-.-xJl yt:ar.

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1912

and

1913 I 'lo'Orked for the school lli'trt'''in"'!"J-!4;·1 went

to Veracnk. About O::tober,

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i9l3, Willie left M2xico C ty a"ld -...>e:-Jt tc TantJico ~ o . • i t h

th e Aguila Oil Co. as cashier of the

age_ncy.

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I was liv2.ng

a ~ 1-=:--..t: ::: loi-IE':--. thE •:.:-:::e:--..:: 1ragica" started 2 / S : · i ~ i 3 .

\ a, \ - ~ ~ _ : I f . .

~ r i - e a ' 1 SO}diers J'ii'lded at lJeracJUZ. About thf:.- SCA2 tim:-,

-..;;_die

.. as taken to Galvesto:-: a : - ~ -..ne:o

~ rt:-:ur.oe-d tu Ta:;p:.l·o,

he joined thE: Texas- Co. of M2x:.::o,

S.A: :--<; tiTTE keeper on l ~ W ~ _

E ~ t r u c t i o : ~

they werE: r r ~ z i n g

to build a t o p p i ~

p l a n ~

at ~ .

Mat 11 1 as. > i i ~ · · t : e t , u m e d ~ ra:n Veracruz_ -and took

charge 01 rerrna.'1Ce

of-_ th e AiJeJ;:;LCan Sc.1ool·Wt)l Gi,

'"X qpened without Mr.

Lynch, tile ~ t . e.·had l e f t with

th e exodus .of hrfricans because of thl'

~ : r : - a c ; T U Z · ~ t s e .

We had

mlv

!50 students a'"ld i t ••as the:-:

that

I

decided that 1 was qualified

- .

to graduate. joined the gra-l'r':i"· class of

students obtained my

about !-'.ay .

'

. .l & ( ' ~ - V . . ' ' - , ~ ·

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-. ,.; j.J-J -u

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... ;fl

i-;;JJeft ~ i c o C i ~ y with

DIY

bt:'ot:iler Haro1d for Verac:ruz Jihere llf.'li!Ot via S.S. "'fehuantEilfcL_ · H L: :.._cJ

~ , ~ - t o Tanpico.

At Tanpico, I was soon joined by

my nother, Eln:c, Francis, !-'..alcolrn,

Robert. Ny

re:nained at M2xico City.

We

all

lived 1.·ith Willie am tbm,-;n

'lotio

were -...urking fo r

th e

Texas Co. of

M2xico.

I w::;rked for a short

tinE at

A.rbol Grcnde, a suburb of Tanpico, for the

Waters Pierce

Oi l Co. Later

i t was

absorbed

by the Sinclair

Oi l Co. Fran ~ i c o , 1 went

by··-t"r-ain t.e· ~ n . , .l'exa£,; qgd . entere;l.the ur-..iversity of .Texas .as a F:reshma.'1 in the Architecturf'

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Mr. Frederic Giergui, a Gennan-.tm:>rica'l was

head of the Architecture Departm=nt.

Other

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professors were Mr. San.1el Gideon and Mr. Everett. The trip frc:rn TCI!!pico to

l'bnterrey was ';

1

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delayed f,1r

about a

week,

so

I arrived in Aust ip a

.Pit .

late.

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l r ; ~ n t •t:o

l:a1pico-irmt

Austin, -but in ·a"1ew

- d a y s t ~ ~ N : a n Cooslllate requested

t ' r ~ t

t1e . ~ e

~ i a t e l y as :relations between the U : ~ and Nexico

bad becaDe § t r ~ . 1le l e k : ~ ~ ~ n

W

USSS

Dixie

t : n · · Q l v e s t : o n . ~ We were given R.R. t ickets to Austin and a few dollars. We rented

a hruse on Sa"'! Jacinto St. fo r 30 dollars

pe r IJD;"lth a'ld p.1rchased sene 2nd harrl furniture and

had th e gas and light connected. Willie arrl tbm.an returned to TantJico. In

Septetber !registered

at the University ot Texas fo r my Sopxnore

year.

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